Tag: Exchange

Dmitri Galinov, the founder and former CEO of FastMatch, is preparing to launch a new platform, called 24 Exchange, which he claims will offer market participants a more cost–effective way to trade with one another. “The problem that we’re trying to solve with 24 Exchange is that the cost of technology over the past decade […]

FastMatch has been officially rebranded as Euronext FX. Euronext says that this represents “a new step” in the integration of FastMatch into its business and that it reflects “the evolution of FastMatch” since it acquired the platform. “While the FastMatch brand name is synonymous with speed and best in class technology, Euronext stands for transparency, […]

Demand Derivatives, a creator of what it terms “novel” derivative instruments, and GMEX Group, a provider of exchange and post-trade business technology solutions, have announced they will combine forces to launch what they term a “revolutionary” US-regulated futures exchange, RealDemand Board of Trade (RealBOT), and clearing house, RealDemand Clearing (RealClear).
The new businesses are slated to open in 2019, subject to CFTC and SEC approval, and the two firms claim they will create “unique and complete solutions to problems currently affecting the futures industry”.

“It’s not rocket science, but it is a different approach compared to other exchanges,” says KC Lam, head of FX and rates at SGX, when discussing the exchange’s new FlexC FX futures, which aim to “futurise” certain OTC FX product offerings.

This is, of course, a reference to the recent product initiatives launched by various exchange groups in an attempt to bridge the gap between OTC and listed FX trading.

While Eurex has launched rolling spot futures, which mimic the trading of OTC FX spot contracts, combined with the daily usage of a tom-next (T/N) swap in order to roll over the value date of the spot position, and CME has launched CME Link, spot FX basis spreads offered on Globex to create a central limit order book (CLOB) between the OTC spot FX and CME FX futures markets, SGX is indeed taking a very different approach.

CME Group is set to acquire NEX in a transaction valued at £10 per share, consisting of 500 pence in cash and 0.0444 CME Group shares.

The proposed transaction has been approved unanimously by the board of directors of both companies and is expected to close, pending approvals by regulators and NEX shareholders, in the second half of 2018.

“At a time when market participants are seeking ways to lower trading costs and manage risk more effectively, this acquisition will allow us to create significant value and efficiencies for our clients globally,” says CME Group chairman and CEO, Terry Duffy. “As one organisation, we will be able to employ the complementary strengths of each company to serve a wider client base while diversifying our combined businesses across futures, cash and OTC products and post-trade services.”

Galen Stops takes a look at the new initiative from the CME that aims to bridge the gap between the OTC and listed FX markets.

It’s an old debate in the FX industry – will the market inevitably move towards an exchange model? Indeed, this question was the cover story on a 2001 edition of Profit & Loss.

As part of the response to the financial crisis, regulators favoured pushing more trading activity towards a centrally cleared model, while certain other regulations looked to add extra costs into bilateral trading. All of this led some market observers to predict that more trading activity would shift towards an exchange traded model.

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has issued an order granting LedgerX, an institutional trading and clearing platform for digital currencies, registration as a derivatives clearing organisation under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA).

LedgerX will be the first US federally regulated exchange and clearing house for derivatives contracts settling in digital currencies.

Under the order, LedgerX will be authorised to provide clearing services for fully collateralised digital currency swaps. LedgerX, which was also granted an order of registration as a Swap Execution Facility (SEF) on July 6, 2017, initially plans to clear bitcoin options.